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Well, as a Thai citizen he might have made it all the way to an MP status ........ Just hope he learnt a lesson!

Sure, just go ahead into normality. Wondering, where the cockpit crews kept their minimum flying hours up and running over the last two years. So, for those who are still waiting for eventual refunds - take the jump, all the others have the choice!

Running through a zebra crossing or a red light imposes in other countries very, very stiff fines and your vehicle gets impounded (at your costs) for a painful timeframe of a few days. Air Vice Marshal Ittaporn Kanacharoen might be better advised to marshal around in the air rather than giving advice of something the entire world has understood as "common sense". Charge the culprits B 25'000 on the spot and impound the vehicle at another B 3'000 a day for a week - trust me, that for sure will drive the message home without advice by an Air Chief Marshal or the First Sealord! And, should it happen for a second time, auction off the vehicle and keep the driver in an educational slammer with 20 mandatory video screenings of this rubbish being forced down on license renewal seekers each and every time!

Maybe your smartphone is not that smart after all? If you want to preload all "delicate" numbers, your phone would weigh a ton. A call from an unidentified country code or from a country you certainly dont expect a call is usually a non-expected call; take North Korea, Bhutan or Liechtenstein as an example!

The following two sentences ring bells; the first one on the remuneration of the gracious offer and the second one reading the name of the bigwig of the mentioned working committee. "token charge as a gesture of friendship." "working committee of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan" Amazing, what you can do when elected into the Thai government, isn't it?

"January 20 to February 4, 2022, 24.48 million kg", that is 15 days or 12 working days. Given eight hours working it reads 255'000kgs per hour. My goodness gracious you, that's a lot of work for the laboratory ........ every hour 255 tons, all over Thailand?

Did I not read earlier on by an official, that there is nothing to worry as the spill would not reach the shores and hence tourism is not affected - at all? Just asking ......

A relative of Rakkesh on vacation?

Other carriers have moved out the seats or seat rows temporarily - for obvious reasons .......

"Saudi Arabia is seeking eight million skilled workers in the hotel, healthcare, and construction industries, and the Thai government suggested it has the human resources to contribute towards filling Saudi Arabia’s labour needs." What a load of bo1logz! I wish those Thai workers the best of luck now already; get them ready for abuse, rape and slavery conditions. Let them enjoy the Middle East's worst airline - possibly except Yemenia - and prepare them for getting short changed starting with the agency arranging their employ in the dunes of the House of Saud! Having said that, the Prayuths and Pravits will be long gone when the Thai hospitality is facing an even worse uphill battle. Once it becomes unavoidable to open the country without any funny little Thai-ideas of entry conditions, who will be providing the hospitality services to the 40 million tourists they expect? Tourism per se is restricted to Khon Thai on the "Alien Business Law" listing (among others its ice carving and basket weaving) and margins are that tight that you can no longer attract aliens to do the job. I've never seen a more shortsighted action list than what the present selection of democratically elected professionals in the local government house has compiled for 2022/23. Good luck to all!

Who is telling those pr1cks in the government, that the longer the more countries are abolishing masks all together? Or is it a very smart way of artificially shortening supplies (psychologically) so everybody leaving Thailand takes 30 masks since a Somchai-in-Chief has his little fatty fingers in yet another government-controlled till? Bargain-hunters, beware, make sure that you get your maximum allowed quota of masks prior to arriving at the airport as k1ngpower is overcharging that particular commodity as well!

While waiting in the halls of the labour department and/or immigration, you might want to study the Labour Protection Act, in particular paragraph 118ff. Therein it is stipulated, under which conditions employments can be terminated and at what costs/consequences for the employer. Just in case your termination was not according to anything stipulated in your employment contract. But, as said, do this parallel to what has been suggested by other posters - good luck!

"The cargo-in-cabin solution aims to optimize the cabin space of cargo flights,” the airline's executive Supoj said." May I suggest to give Khun Supoj the tour through the inside of an aircraft as the picture certainly does not show the standard inside livery of a cargo flight. The idea is not now though; I flew on Tupolevs and Antonovs in the late 70s/early 80s when the Soviets ran flights from Rangoon via Vientiane to Saigon and Phnom Penh. You could find all sorts of "cargo" in the passenger compartment. The more silent one was car tires and shoe boxes (with shoes I assume); on a Lao Aviation flight they managed live chicken in cages. Another beauty was Burma Airways with some Fokker-27 (or so?); they managed to tie two dogs on leashes between the cockpit and the cabin - never a dull moment! My strange feeling today is, that Aeroflot and (meanwhile defunct) Lao Aviation back in the day were better off than Thai Airways International today ..........

Apart from the Coronaphobia by Anutin and his cronies we will see, what Pattaya's nightlife gurus have to say to all this and the (presently verbal) war of the rhetoric titans will go. It could be possible that there will be many branches of MagTonaldsAgoGo and KFC-Kum-Find-<deleted> "eat"eries popping up all over town to comply with the present rule of no bars, restaurants only. It is just me or what?

With Western understanding of insurance, transport, accommodation and living expenses you can double that amount. If you don't reel in at least USD 100K a year, the air can get thin at times. Nice homeleave for a month on a yearly basis = add another USD 20K for tix, rental, accommodation and food. On top of this you slap 35% income tax; you're talking something around THB 4 - 4.5 million.

Varawut Silpa-archa, another pristine follower of the Thai faith in politics? His father literally minted money in the 60s with infrastructure projects (rings a bell with Anutin's presence in the 21st century?), held more ministerial posts than most likely even he could remember and kicked-off the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 during his premiership in 1997. Varawut's uncle Chumphon left his marks in politics and Varawut's elder sister Kanchana, also blessed with political urges, was accused by the (then) opposition of having made a tidy USD 40 million when she sold land to the Bank of Thailand, purely co-incidental? Varawut's parents honored themselves with Thailands tallest tower, the Banharn-Jamsai Tower, hovering over Suphanburi - also fondly known as Banharn-Buri! Hence I tend to digest anything from Varawut's corner with the proverbial grain of salt; apples and to not fall too far from the tree - but exceptions to the rule are there ........ Needless to say that this invisible oil slick does not add value to land and infrastructure in the affected area and tourism will be toasted as well for a while .......

Silly question maybe but why can you NOT extend a "non-B"? I was of the belief, that a "non-B" allows you to go for a work permit and a one-year visa?

Get a professional opinion on this, the internet experts might not be the ultimate forum for this. A civil engineer/architect can easily assess the situation; some can be fixed, from others you want to walk away ....

"Rayong-Chanthaburi-Trat link ... will boost logistics and tourism in these provinces"! I just leave it at that for everyone to digest slowly and nicely. I rather prefer the idea of the submarine port on Koh Chang, the planned airport in Nong Khai or Mae Sariang and the rocket launch pad in Umphang. Any other ideas are more than welcome to add salt against the bland soup called "reality"!

Is it just me or is the question of "where does all this money have to come from" a valid question? Submarines, air force buying new jets, de facto bankrupt Thai Airways getting three brandnew B777 delivered (this time with First class configuration); there's Chinese pressure on the clowns to put that railway link from Nong Khai Southwards into place etc. etc. etc. Or are the printing presses all over the land on overtime? Latter is most unlikely, as the forex development speaks a different language - puzzled ????

Blowing his own trumpet again ....... not known for any lack of self-confidence. Shoulder rubbing with the Swiss ambassadrice while calling them "dirty farang" - how nice of him. But yes, he managed to secure the extension of Suvannaphoum airport for his family's construction conglomerate and his latest show of force on the railway between Nong Khai and the Malay border could incline his desire to ink some more deals for his poor family's construction business. Never got the link between Public Health and infrastructure projects but then, who am I to understand ......

...... some organisations hand out "treats" to the police in envelopes ...... ....... possibly damaging the force further is a matter for some conjecture ...... Thailand's finest explained - thank you, you're welcome!

Can someone tell me, who is the minister in charge of the Ministry of Inactive Posts please? Must be by far the biggest of 'em all. In normal countries such police officers would be fired on the spot, dishonourably discharged and see the slammer from the inside for a while. But then - define normal!

....."the entry procedures and requirements of the scheme may be slightly complicated" ...... The understatement of the century; thank you for this tag line!

I'm sure the illegal Burmese, Cambodians and Laotians will be more than excited to hear the good news! Thais go to Saudi Arabia and Caucasians might opt for places like Singapore or similar as the entire bureaucratic environment is not alienating as in Thailand. The days of juicy salaries etc. are gone, so is the fun to work in Bangkok, traffic will crawl backwards anytime soon and a family with two kids in international schools can hardly make ends meet. Your call!